Wanderin' Around

Today Daughter Mary Mae and Granddaughter Claire and Forry and I took a day trip to look at some possible areas for Auntie Violet to settle in when we decide we don't want to be traveling all the time. We drove up the Skagit River and looked at a piece of property we had seen advertised. That particular piece had been sold, but there was another further down the road that looked interesting --

 It has about a 100 feet of river front and is in a very pretty spot --

There is an old fishing cabin (trailer) on the property --

I liked the view of the mountains across the road --

The Skagit River is quite low right now, but it sure is clear --

It's a typically cold western river that comes out of the mountains, but Claire went wading anyway --

Then we drove on up to Blaine and looked at some places in Birch Bay. The beach there is very rocky at low tide.

MM and her father sitting on a log at the beach. You can sure tell the two of them are related!

The kids had a birthday party this evening and didn't get home until almost nine o'clock, but they still wanted to get in one last game of Hand and Foot. That's Claire and her father, Scott --

Grandson Varick doesn't seem too sure about whatever it is his Mom is saying...

I tried a new recipe tonight that was in the Simply in Season cookbook using some of the fresh apricots we picked up in Kittatas with chicken breasts, ginger and maple syrup. It was very good, but I think I would have liked it better with thighs (I do like dark meat!).